Collusion Illusion - pictures

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Congressman Adam Schiff floating through the woods searching in vain for collusion between Putin and President Trump. Also in the image are Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, a cat, a squirrel, a bear, a chickadee and Mr. Mouse. Mr. Mouse was a pet and he passed away last month. I've read mice only live for a year if they're lucky. I had Mr. Mouse for over 6 years. He was the last of his family. The only one that my cats did not get. They had him cornered but I saved him. He must have ran over 1,000 miles on his exercise wheel. This chop is dedicated to him.I highly recommend viewing the hi-rez version for the detail which is non-existent in the contest image. The actual size of this chop is 11” x 17”. The contest image is only 5.556” x 8.583”.The background consists of two primary images. The foreground trees were all created using a single bark image.

Full version hurts my eyes, to perfect and clean. Excellent work for a master of Photoshop.

TY HoHouse. Sorry about your eyes.

No Doubt this is quality work. But your submission size is way too small. Submissions need to be a minimum of 1000px wide to avoid distortion when the site re-sizes to full view. Great Tribute to Mr. Mouse my friend.

Thanks SplatShot. I reduced the dpi and quality and resubmitted an image that is 1000px wide. Hopefully this looks better.

Beautiful work, so sorry about Mr Mouse, I have a feeling he was a Lucky Mouse...

hobbit90 Thank you. You are correct, he lived like a king. Free room and board, great food, maid service and a giant screen TV. I tried to let him go in the fall, I didn’t really want to keep a mouse. I left the house I made for him outside for a day. He was still in it when I checked 8 hours later so I brought him back in. I couldn’t throw him outside because the temperature dropping and he was a pup. I can’t even throw mice outside in winter. Nothing should have to live outside in MN during winter. Observing him I have grown to respect their cunning, ingenuity and ability to adapt. They are also incredible athletes. He could have powered my house with his wheel. Maybe this is the green energy solution we’ve been looking for. 😊 I do know they carry disease so there won't be any new long-term borders at my house. I prefer catch and release when it comes to mice and other pests verses poison, glue traps, etc.. My friends dog died from eating d-CON mouse bait.

I think he was More then Lucky. That was so nice of you....

Wonderful piece sharing the passion for your beloved mouse. Like the trunk arching to give it a natural Cathedralesque feel. If I could just make out the telegram/morse code I could get on the evening news with a scoop.

Good to see a renaissance participation KIR Beautifully crafted return Grats on Gold.

A truly beautiful picture with so much stock. Congrats on your gold

Welcome back and it's good to see your work again, and thanks for the comments.

Mr. Mouse and I thank you all very much for your kind words and comments. It’s always fun entering these contests and competing with such great talent, it gives me butterflies in my stomach. It's been a while. Great to see that many of my old chopper friends still active on the site creating incredible images. Hello to all the new choppers I haven’t met. I thought FN was shut down for good. I didn't even remember what size to make my entry it’s been so long. I did keep chopping after FN closed down. I’ve posted a few chops on Twitter and on my website and I’ve done some graphics work on the side. I think my skills have improved somewhat, but I still feel like there’s still so much more to learn. Freaking News is one of the best places to learn new things and hone your skills, I’m so glad it’s back. I think this chop turned out better than most that I’ve done recently so I wanted to share it with the FN community. I get much better feedback here than I do from my wife 😊. Hope to be back soon. Keep on choppin’.